Washboard rest



July 2l, 1925.`

y M. oLPE -WASHBOARD REST Filed Jan, "19, 1925 entoi Marie abito/Lung' UNITE Svl"lllh5 ATE l FFIE.

MARIE LPJE, F JAMACA, NEW YORK.

W'AS'BOARD REST,

Application nled January To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that MARIE (lire, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Jamaica, in the county of Queens and State of New York7 has invented new and useful Improvements in lJVashboard RestsD of which the following is a specilication.

'lhe object ot the invention is to provide a device :tor use in connection with washtubs to support the rein-Ote or lower end ot the washboard above the plane or the bottoni of the tub, so that the operator, in use, may stand in a position incre nearly approaching an upright position and thus be relieved or the back strain lordinarily attending the use of a washboard; to provide a device which may be readily attached to the tub; and to provide for adjustment so that the operator may ellect the niost convenient positioning of the washbfiiard.

l/Vith this object in view, the invention consists in the construction and combination or' parts ont which a preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying dra-wings, wherein:

Figure l is a view showing the invention applied in operative position, the washtub being shown in section.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 2 2 of ure l.

lhigure 3 is a detail sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure l is a detail sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 4 4: ot Figure 2.

The device consists of a pair of brackets l niade preferably of strap inetal but stout enough, however7 to give thein stability. rlhe brackets at their upper ends are formed with return bends constituting` hooks 2 by which the brackets nia-y be supported on the tub 3 by engaging the hooks with the upper edge of the rear wall or the tub.

lVhile the upper portions ot the brackets are tlat, the lower portions are orined to provide channel members 4L with connected lateral flanges 5 constituting bearing feet en gaging the inner tace of the back wall of 19, 1925. Serial No. 3,513.

thetub. ln the web portions of the channels a, keyhole slots 6 are formed, one above the other, for engagement with the headed studs 2' carried by a` transverse rest 8. By nieans of the keyhole slots, the position or' the rest 8 with reference to the upper edge oi the tub may be varied, depending on the slots G engaged by the studs i'.

rlhe rest il is transversely angular and is provided with an upturned longitudinal lip 9 extending the full length thereof7 a series oi' drain openings l() being provided to perinit the water which reaches the restto`llow back into the tub. rlthe root of the wash board ll is carried by the rest 8 and by the proper adjustment or the latter, the board inay be positioned as desired. the lip 9 tending to retain it in position on the rest during the backward stroke o' the hands in the scrubbing operation.

By forming the brackets with the channels l, clearance space for the heads ot the studs is provided.

The invention having been described, what is clainied as new and useful is:

l. A device for the purpose indicated comprising a plurality of brackets for sus pension within a washtub, and a rest spanning the brackets and adapted to receive the root or' a. washboard to elevate the toot or remote portion of the washboard above the plane ot the bottom of a tub, the rest being provided with a longitudinal upturned lip to retain the toot oi' a washboard thereon during the back stroke in the operation of scrubbing.

2. A device for the purpose indicated coinprising a bracket for engagement with the wall or a washtub for suspension within the saine, and a rest for supporting the toot of a washboard, said rest being carried by the bracket and provided with an upturned lip to retain the foot of a washboard thereon and with drain openings :for the passage of water trapped thereon.

In testimony whereof she altxes her signature.

Manin oLrE. 

